Indonesia still trailing in junior world bridge c'ships

Indonesia still trailing in junior world bridge c'ships

JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia has not yet succeeded in lifting
itself out of the last position at the 5th World Junior Bridge
Team Championship at Kuta, Bali. It lost 5-25 to the US-1 team in
the third session on Monday.

In the first and second sessions the Indonesian team was
defeated 1-25 by Denmark and 0-25 by Australia.

England, undefeated in the first three sessions, now takes the
lead with 66 VP after three wins over Denmark 20-10, US-2 24-6,
and Argentina 22-8. New Zealand is second with 63 VP and Canada
third with 56 VP. Two other teams representing Zone VI, China and
Japan, were placed in the fifth and eighth positions, each with
47 and 43 VP.

The Indonesian team, also representing Zone VI during the
first half of the third session, was represented in the open room
by the pair of Taufik Nasution/Agus Kus Triyanto who played
against Eric Graco/Kevin Wilson, while in the closed room, Jimmy
Boyoh/Jems Polii took on Steven Altus/Andrew Mose. At half-time
during the second session, Indonesia substituted Taufik/Agus with
John Tumewu/Ananta Dapu. The change was of no avail.

In the three sessions already played, Indonesia gained only
six VP, forcing Jimmy Boyoh and partners to do their utmost to
enter the semifinals. The host team must have clear victories in
the next eight sessions, Antara reported yesterday.

In the fourth session on Monday night Indonesia played Canada.
At half-time Indonesia was already lagging with 21-67 IMP.

National event

Meanwhile in the national championship event, the North
Sulawesi team of Hengky Lasut/Eddy Manopo, Max Tompodung/Jefry
Moningke and Octa Wohon/Tommy Rogi, came out the winner as
expected.

In the final round the North Sulawesi team defeated Jakarta
95-87.

The Jakarta team was represented by Bert Toar Polii/Munawar
Sawirudin, Deny Sakul/Ferdy Waluyan and Hasyim Arief/Noldy
George.

Jakarta started well with a win of 29-13 IMP in the first
round, but North Sulawesi won with 12-11 and 54-15 in the second
and third rounds. Jakarta's win of 32-16 in the fourth round was
not enough to win the match.

Yogyakarta came third after beating East Java 132-92.

Twenty provinces participated in the foursome championship.
The seven provinces absent were Aceh, Bengkulu, Jambi, Central
Kalimantan, Maluku, Southeast Sulawesi and South Sulawesi.

Results (World Championships)
Indonesia vs US-1 5-25
Argentina-England 8-22
Japan-China 8-22
Denmark-New Zealand 8-22
US2-Canada 6-24
Australia-Italy 3-25